Hallucinating man kicked police officer amid fears someone was 'trying to murder him'

A hallucinating crack cocaine user attacked police officers as he feared someone was trying to kill him. Lee Porter wanted the officers to stay and keep him safe, but he also attacked their car and kicked one police officer in the shin and spat on him too. Porter, who is homeless, attacked the officers on Tuesday, October 8 after first telling them of his concerns he was about to be murdered.

Prosecutor Tracy Lovejoy told Leicester Magistrates' Court on Friday (November 8): "He told officers someone was chasing him and trying to murder him. He said the person was there, staring at him. But the officers couldn't see anyone.



It was clear he was hallucinating. "The officers tried to withdraw from the situation and the defendant felt that only the officers could keep him safe. He told them, 'I'll punch you if that's what it takes to get somewhere safe'.

" READ MORE: Arrested man kicked police officer in the groin 'out of frustration' Ms Lovejoy said Porter began punching the police car window, spat at an officer and then kicked him. She said Porter was on bail for other offences at the time and had 13 offences on his record in total. Porter also stood to be sentenced for earlier offences of threatening behaviour and racially-aggravated threatening behaviour .

This related to an incident outside the Haymarket Shopping Centre in Leicester earlier this year. In that incident, 45-year-old Porter was swearing and shouting at members of the public. When a police officer approached him he abused the officer, using a homophobic term, later using a racist term while at a police station after his arrest.

Ms Lovejoy said he had described an Asian police officer as a "rapist who didn't belong in the country and who would rape children". Andrew Bolc, representing Porter, who had pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and the two threatening behaviour offences, said the defendant's crack cocaine use had resulted in "episodes of drug-induced psychosis". He said Porter had broken up with his partner, started living on the street two years ago and was now an alcoholic.

Porter was given a 12-month community order with 15 days on programmes recommended by the probation service . He was also ordered to pay a £100 fine and a £114 victim surcharge..